Global Awareness Flashcards
Name all of the continents.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia/Oceania
Which continent is comprised of 54 countries?
Africa
The _____ River is the longest river in the world and runs along the northeast side of the continent.
Nile / Africa
Which continent is the southernmost landmass on Earth, the least populated and coldest?
Antarctica
Which continent is comprised of 48 countries?
Asia
With roughly 60% of the world’s population this continent plays a vital part in the world’s economy.
Asia
Which continent contains some of the oldest civilizations
Asia
Smallest, most isolated and remote continent.
Australia/Oceania
Comprised of Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, and thousands of coral atolls and volcanic islands throughout the Central and South Pacific Ocean.
Australia/Oceania
Western portion of the Eurasian landmass.
One of the smallest, most densely populated.
Europe
Comprised of roughly 51 countries/territories.
Europe
Second in both population and size. and recognized as the birthplace of humankind?
Africa
Which continent is the largest and most populated?
Asia
Contained entirely in the northern hemisphere…
North American Continent
Contains 23 independent countries to include Greenland, Mexico, and Central America.
North American Continent
Name the continents largest to smallest.
Asia, Africa, North American, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia/Oceania
Comprised of 12 countries with Brazil being the largest in landmass and population.
South American Continent
Located in the southern hemisphere.
South American Continent
Home to an incredible biodiversity, from the Andes Mountains to the Amazon River.
South American Continent
Name the number of countries:
Africa Asia Europe North America South America
Africa - 54 Asia - 48 Europe - 51 North America - 23 South America - 12
Name all the oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian and Southern
Smallest and shallowest of the oceans.
Arctic
Which ocean is a mass of ice
most of the year?
Arctic
Which ocean includes the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Baltic Seas, and the Gulf of Mexico?
Atlantic
Second largest ocean.
Atlantic
Which ocean runs up to the western shores of Europe and Africa.
Atlantic
The largest of the oceans.
Pacific
Which ocean runs up to the eastern coastlines of Asia and Australia
Pacific
Which ocean resides between the eastern coast of Africa and the shores of the Middle East and India
Indian
Which ocean is rich in exotic plant and animal species
Indian
Until ______, the waters surrounding Antarctica were considered extensions of the adjoining oceans.
2000
Boundaries of this ocean have yet to be solidified, but generally, any waters below __ degrees latitude is considered the _________ Ocean.
60 / Southern
Roughly __% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, __% of that being salt water.
70 / 96
Because the amount of water is finite and is essential for survival, water has a tremendous impact on society. With ___ billion people spread across ___ countries on seven continents, there is no shortage of crisis and conflict.
7.5 / 195
The Area of Responsibility (AOR) for ______________ includes the continental US, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and the surrounding waters.
USNORTHCOM
Which AOR includes Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Sea?
USSOUTHCOM
Which AOR includes Africa but NOT Egypt?
USAFRICOM
Which AOR includes Europe and parts of the Middle East and Eurasia?
USEUCOM
Egypt is in what AOR?
USCENTCOM
Which AOR includes 20 nations in the “center” area of the globe?
USCENTCOM
Which AOR includes China, India, North Korea, and other countries with the Asian-Pacific Region.?
USINDOPACOM
Northernmost country in the
world
Canada
Which country is bordered
by Belize and Guatemala to the
southeast?
Mexico
Canada
Ottawa
Mexico
Mexico City
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Central America
Colombia
Bogota
Borders the Caribbean Sea,
Between Panama and Venezuela. It also
borders the North Pacific Ocean, between
Ecuador and Panama.
Colombia
_____ was the oldest and largest group among Colombia’s
left-wing rebels and one of the world’s richest guerrilla armies.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
On 16 September 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC signed a historic peace accord, ending ____ years of armed conflict
52
Venezuela
Caracas
What country is in Northern South America, bordering the
Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Colombia and Guyana?
Venezuela
_________ has some of the world’s largest oil deposits as
well as huge quantities of coal, iron ore, bauxite (the
primary ore for aluminum), and gold.
(Political turmoil and tense relationship with the United
States.)
Venezuela
_______ has 25 sovereign states/dependent nations
Caribbean Sea (In USSOUTHCOM)
Cuba
Havana
Location – 90 miles off the coast of Florida in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of
Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
Cuba
Cuba’s ___________, is a naval base that has been leased by the United States since 1903, a lease that has been contested since 1960.
Guantánamo Bay
Djibouti
Djibouti
Location – Eastern Africa, borders Gulf of Aden and Red Sea.
Djibouti
_________ occupies a strategic geographic
location at the mouth of the Red Sea and
serves as an important transshipment
location for goods entering and leaving the
east African highlands.
Djibouti
The U.S. sponsored base located near the capital in ________ serves as a crucial staging point for counter insurgency (COIN) operations throughout the African continent and Middle East regions.
Djibouti
Holds longstanding ties to France (was formerly the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas).
Djibouti
Libya
Tripoli
Location – Northern Africa, borders Mediterranean Sea between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria.
Libya
The government is still transitioning from a socialist regime governed by Islamic law here….
Libya
Since the 2011 _________ civil war, (uprising and ousting of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi) , the Transitional National Council has led the country. The country is still struggling to establish a legitimate ruling body.
Libyan
__________ was ousted and killed. He ruled Libya from 1969 (after a military coup d’état) until 2011.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Gaddafi was a sponsor of terrorism and was linked to the 21 December 1988 hijacking and bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie __________.
Scotland
Mali
Bamako
Location – Interior western Africa, southwest of Algeria,
north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso and west of
Niger.
Mali
Several Islamic Terror Groups operate in ______ northern area. These groups continually attempt to overthrow government and push out western influence.
Mali’s
______ is amongst the 25 poorest countries in the World.
Mali
Over 90% of Mali is what religion? (predominately ______).
Muslim / Sunni
In 2017, the ______________________ was able to launch an assault on U.S. Special Forces on the Mali-Niger border, which resulted in four U.S. soldiers killed in action.
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)
Nigeria
Abuja
Location – Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.
Nigeria
The Islamic extremist group, ______________, operates primarily from Nigeria. ______________, usually translated as ‘Western Education is forbidden’, was founded in 2002 in opposition to the westernization of Nigerian society.
Boko Haram / Boko Haram
In 2009, _____________ launched a military campaign to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria.
Boko Haram
In 2014, _____________ kidnaped 276 schoolgirls and forced them into hard labor and sex-trafficking.
Boko Haram
Nigeria has deep religious and economic divides, split roughly in half between ____________ in the south (more wealthy) and _____________ north (significantly under developed and under represented by comparison).
Christianity / Islam
Somalia
Mogadishu
